Deuteronomy 22:3:16Deut.22.3.W16TAB
לְהִתְעַלֵּ֔ם׃
lehitalem
“ignore”
- Transliteration
- le-hit-a-LEM
- Extended
- leh-hit-ah-LEHM
- IPA
- /ləhit.ʕalˈleːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- ignore
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
le-hit-a-LEM
- clause
a-SHER-to-VED mi-ME-nu u-me-TSA-ta LO tu-KHAL le-hit-a-LEM
- sentence
ve-KEN ta-a-SEH la-kha-MO-ro ve-KEN ta-a-SEH lis-me-LA-to ve-KEN ta-a-SEH le-KHOL-a-ve-DAT a-KHI-kha a-SHER-to-VED mi-ME-nu u-me-TSA-ta LO tu-KHAL le-hit-a-LEM
Exegesis
The negative command lo tukhal {לֹא תוּכַל | lō tû-ḵal} followed by the Hitpael infinitive lehit’alem {לְהִתְעַלֵּֽם | lə-hit-ta‘ă-lēm} ‘to hide oneself’ conveys the moral duty not to ignore another’s loss. The English rendering preserves the repeated formula for emphasis and clarifies the prohibition as an absolute obligation.
In context — Deuteronomy 22:3
In the same way you shall do for his donkey , and for his garment; and likewise for any lost property of your brother that has gone missing from him and you find it. You must not conceal yourself .
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 22:3:16 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 16 of Deuteronomy 22:3, so the Hebrew word לְהִתְעַלֵּ֔ם׃ (lehitalem) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written Deut.22.3.W16, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.22.3.W16.S1) and character.